WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-4350.

719 F.2d 1032 (1983)

Floyd A. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Nathan Fletcher, Malcolm S. Segal and Does I through XXIII, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Demas, Asst. U.S. Atty., Donald B. Ayer, U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Floyd A. Wright, Grass Valley, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Before ALARCON, CANBY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges:


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Floyd Wright filed this action for malicious prosecution under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), seeking damages from the United States and several individual defendants. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm as to all defendants except the United States.

On April 2, 1980, Wright was indicted for failing to file tax returns and for making false statements on his tax returns....

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